One man dead following North Road shooting

By Jeremy Shepherd ● Crime ● September 17, 2023

One man was found shot to death in an underground parkade in the Burquitlam neighbourhood shortly after 5 p.m. on Saturday, according to a release from the RCMP’s homicide division.

Police identified Gagandeep Sandhu of Abbotsford as the victim. He was 29.

Approximately 15 minutes after Sandhu’s body was found, police were called to Greenwood Street and Bainbridge Avenue in Burnaby where a black Honda Pilot was in flames.

While the motive remains unclear, “initial evidence suggests this was a targeted shooting,” according to a release from the RCMP’s homicide division.

“We’re asking any witnesses or anyone with dash-camera video who was in either area, to please come forward,” stated RCMP Integrated Homicide Investigation Team Sgt. Timothy Pierotti in a release.

Anyone who has dashcam or other footage of the area around the 3400-block of North Road or Greenwood and Bainbridge between 4 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. from Saturday is asked to call police at 1-877-551-4448 or to email ihitinfo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca.

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A chiropractor and a folk singer, after having one great kid, decided to push their luck and have one more, a boy they named Jeremy Shepherd.

Shepherd grew up around Blue Mountain Park in Coquitlam, following a basketball around and trying his best to get to the NBA (it didn’t work out, at least not yet).

With no career plans after graduating Porter Elementary school, Jeremy Shepherd pursued higher education at Como Lake Middle School and eventually, Centennial High School.

Approximately 1,000 movies and several beers later in life, Shepherd made a change.

Having done nothing worth writing, he decided to see if he could write something worth reading.

Since graduating journalism school at Langara College, Shepherd has been a reporter, editor and, reluctantly, a content provider for community newspapers around Metro Vancouver for more than 10 years.

He worked with dogged reporters, eloquently indignant curmudgeons and creative photographers, all of whom shared a little of what they knew.

Now, as he goes about the business of raising two fascinating humans alongside a wonderful partner, Shepherd is delighted to report news and tell stories in the Tri-Cities.

He runs, reads, and is intrigued by art, science, smart cities and new ideas. He is pleased to meet you.

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